Padre Island Jet Ski

06/18/2025

Fun things at Marker 37 on Sunset Island in North Padre Island 🏝️

06/10/2025

Sea Turtle 🐢 Release
Sunday, June 15, 2025

It’s time for our second public release of the year! We have a couple of green sea turtle patients that are ready and eager to head back home! 🌊
We can’t wait to see everyone there! And thank you everyone for supporting our organization! ✨

06/08/2025

🐢 Turtle hatchling release this weekend at PINS 🐢

A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchling release is scheduled for Saturday, June 14, 2025, and Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 6:45am on Malaquite Beach. Here are a few things to consider!

⚠️ IF THERE IS NO UPDATE TO THIS POST, THAT MEANS THAT THE HATCHLING RELEASE IS HAPPENING AS PLANNED. ⚠️

📞 Call the Hatchling Hotline at (361) 949-7163 before you drive out to the seashore to make sure the release is happening. The hotline is a recorded message you can call anytime day or night.

🌩️ Hatchling releases may be cancelled if the turtles have not hatched on the expected date, due to bad weather (ex. pouring rain, lightning on the beach, high winds), extreme high tides, or flooding over roadways, etc.

💲 Park entrance fees are required to enter the park year-round. To save time, purchase your entrance pass online BEFORE coming to the park.

🎟️ The $10 per vehicle one-day pass expires at midnight on the date of purchase. Do not purchase this pass the night before the hatchling release as it will be expired in the morning. Purchase your $10 per vehicle one-day pass the morning of the hatchling release only AFTER calling the calling the Hatchling Hotline to verify the release is happening.

🪪 Annual and lifetime pass holders do not need to pay the park entrance fee but must present their pass and ID at the entrance station.

🚗 Expect delays of up to 30-minutes entering the park. Hatchling releases take place on Malaquite Beach in front of the Malaquite Visitor Center. The visitor center is located 15-minutes south of the park entrance station. Once you arrive at the release site, you must park in a parking lot, walk across the visitor center deck, down the ramp and out to the beach. Driving on Malaquite Beach to the hatchling release site is not permitted. If you have not been to the park before, take some time to look at a map of the park.

🐕‍🦺 Please leave your pets at home. Trained service animals, authorized under the ADA are allowed.

🛍️ Looking for a souvenir? The park store only accepts credit and debit cards or mobile phone payments.

❓ For more information about how to prepare to attend a release, please visit go.nps.gov/HatchlingRelease

05/24/2025

Beautiful day for the beach 🏝️

05/18/2025

Plenty to see and do at Marker 37 Marina before your trip on the water

05/05/2025

Should have perfect weather this weekend for the Wings Over South Texas Air Show 🛩️

04/23/2025

It’s time! Texas Sandfest in Port Aransas is this weekend! 🏰🏝️⛱️

Texas SandFest - The Official Texas Sand Sculpture Festival "Texas SandFest

04/22/2025

It’s turtle 🐢 nesting season here on the island 🏝️

Now that Kemp’s ridley nesting has begun, the yellow arribada flag will be raised at the park entrance station, the Malaquite Visitor Center and on the parks turtle patrol vehicles when a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is found nesting on any Texas beach.

The flag serves as a visual reminder that because of the turtle’s innate tendency to nest in large groups, there will likely be other turtles nesting on the same day. When you see the turtle flag flying, use extra caution while driving on the beach and report any sea turtle sightings by calling 1-866-TURTLE-5 (1-866-887-8535).

04/10/2025

Great weather this weekend…. check out some BBQ and Live Music on the Island and support the American Legion Post #229

03/29/2025

To all Vietnam War Veterans—thank you for your service and sacrifice. 🫡

To all Vietnam War Veterans—thank you for your service and sacrifice.

We recognize and express our deepest gratitude to the brave men and women who served during the Vietnam War. Your courage, sacrifice and dedication to our nation will never be forgotten.

We honor you today, and always.

03/14/2025

Looking for live music this weekend, check out The Cajun by Marker 37 Marina

Check out our weekly music lineup here at The Cajun and enjoy live performances from local talented artists starting tomorrow until Sunday! Grab a beer & a boil and spend Spring Break right! 🎶 🦐 🍻
Sunset Island

03/12/2025

Checking out our tour routes for spring break… the dolphins are around…. Book your tour to see them for yourself